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EXTRACT FROM EXPOSITION OF DANIEL BY JOHN THOMAS – 1854

The prophecy of Daniel 11 proved so breath-takingly accurate that so-called ‘Higher Critics’ in centuries past claimed that it must have been delivered beyond the events prophesied – i.e. with hindsight. The only problem for the critics is that the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Canon began in the mid 3

rd century BC under

the instruction of Ptolemy II (called Philadelphus) who reigned BC 285-246, and was completed in the early 2

nd century BC well before many of the events prophesied in Dan. 11. The Book of Daniel was included in the

translation. It clearly had been written before the events prophesied.

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Extracted from pages 39 to 44 of the Exposition of Daniel (called Anatolia) – John Thomas 1854